diff --git a/.releaserc b/.releaserc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a98967f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.releaserc
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+  "debug": true,
+  "tagFormat": '${version}',
+  "plugins": [
+    "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
+    "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",
+    "@semantic-release/changelog",
+    [
+      "@semantic-release/exec",
+      {
+        "prepareCmd": "bump2version --allow-dirty --current-version ${lastRelease.version} --new-version ${nextRelease.version} patch"
+      }
+    ],
+    [
+      "@semantic-release/git",
+      {
+        "message": "chore(release): ${nextRelease.version} release notes\n\n${nextRelease.notes}"
+      }
+    ],
+    "@semantic-release/github"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3e24663..0f49835 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -27,12 +27,13 @@ script:
 - bundle exec rake
 
 before_deploy:
-- pip install bump2version
-- nvm install 12
-- npm install @semantic-release/changelog
-- npm install @semantic-release/exec
-- npm install @semantic-release/git
-- npm install @semantic-release/github
+ - pip install bump2version
+ - npm install -g semantic-release
+ - npm install -g @semantic-release/changelog
+ - npm install -g @semantic-release/exec
+ - npm install -g @semantic-release/git
+ - npm install -g @semantic-release/github
+ - npm install -g @semantic-release/commit-analyzer
 
 deploy:
  - provider: script
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 8023cd4..0000000
--- a/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "vpc-ruby-sdk",
-  "version": "0.2.0",
-  "description": "Ruby client library to interact with various IBM Cloud VPC APIs",
-  "license": "Apache-2.0",
-  "bugs": {
-    "url": "https://github.com/IBM/vpc-ruby-sdk/issues"
-  },
-  "homepage": "https://github.com/IBM/vpc-ruby-sdk#readme"
-}